[DeTomaso] BJ Pantera

[Asa Jay Laughton]

I know what you mean.  Most folks in my local Mustang club that  
remember the Pantera, simply remember it overheated.  I have one  
friend in the club who consistently refers to it as a "Panatrouble."   
Kind of pisses me off.  I've not seen him in something like 6 years.   
This is one of the reasons I want to drive it more, to help dispell  
the myth.

Asa Jay

Quoting Sean Korb <spkorb at gmail.com>:

> It's amazing how little information is acquired by the public about
> Panteras and the only stories that persist are the same ones told in
> 1972.
>
> But it is simply a spectacular looking car.  Nobody can take that
> away, but I don't know if we'll ever overcome the initial quality
> issue stories that were magnified so much by the press.  Nobody talks
> about hideously expensive water pump replacement stories when a
> Ferrari 512BB goes over the block.  But we get "overheating" and
> "build quality" and "Elvis shot his when it wouldn't start".
>
> It still stings a bit.
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2010 at 4:02 PM,  <tmshinro at aol.com> wrote:
>>
>>  I saw the auction for the Pantera.   I was somewhat disappointed   
>> by the lack of commentary.   Nothing was said by the guy on the   
>> stage that typically points out things about the cars.   Bob Varsha  
>>  first said "what a shape" when the car was rolled in.  Other   
>> comments talked about how modified Panteras are typically more   
>> valued than stock because the cars weren't built that will and De   
>> Tomaso didn't have the engineering resources to get it right prior   
>> to sale.   One of the commentators said he thought it was "neat"   
>> that the cars were sold by Lincoln Mercury.
>>
>> Car looked good from what you could see, but I didn't care for the   
>> full length rub strip on the side of the car.
>>
>> Tom
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ian H <ihannington286720mi at comcast.net>
>> To: 'panteras' <detomaso at realbig.com>
>> Sent: Fri, Jan 22, 2010 2:27 pm
>> Subject: [DeTomaso] BJ Pantera
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>>
>> I just got home and turned on the TV in time to see the Pantera   
>> rolling off the
>> block at Barrett Jackson.  It sold for $40,000.  Unfortunately,I   
>> missed all the
>> comments about it.  Did anyone hear what they had to say?   
>>  Evidently, it was a
>> "Fantasy Bid" car.  They usually give those quite a bit of airtime so that's
>> pretty cool!
>>
>> Ian
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